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Collecting External Mail

You can collect your mail from another account using the Post Office Protocol (POP). For example, if you have a POP userID on servername.com, you can collect your mail from your servername.com account and view it with the Communications Express.

To collect POP messages from another server:

  1. Click the Inbox, Sent Mail, Trash, or Drafts tab.
  2. Click Collect External Mail.
  3. The Collect External Mail window appears. Enter the following details:

    Table 4  POP Collection Window Items 

    POP Server

    Enter the name of the server from which you want the mails to be collected.

    POP User ID

    Enter the user ID of the mail account from which you want the mails to be collected.

    Password

    Enter the password for the mail account from which you want the mails to be collected.

    Delete messages from server

    If you want the mails you are collecting to be deleted from the server from which it’s being collected, select this check box.

    Save to Folder

    From the drop-down list, select a folder to which you want the mails copied.

  4. Click Collect.

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